Microsoft’s new data center: The country’s largest center will be built in Hyderabad, will be ready by 2025; The company has 4.46 lakh cloud certified employees in the country.
Microsoft has announced its new cloud data center in India. This center will be set up in Hyderabad. It will also be the largest data center in the Indian region. Here work will be done on many things like cloud services, Internet of Think, gaming, security. Electronics and Information Technology and Union Minister of State Rajiv Chandrashekhar were present in this event of Microsoft.
Data center will be ready by 2025
Microsoft will build its new data center in 2 lakh 18 thousand (54 acres) square feet. The company has not yet given information about how much it will cost to prepare this. The company said that the need for a data center has been felt after the Kovid-19 epidemic. In such a situation, there is no fixed budget for this center. There will be continuous investment in this. The company has made it clear that it will be made in the Hyderabad region only. It will be ready by 2025.
More than 60 data centers in the region
During the event, Microsoft India President Anant Maheshwari said that Microsoft has more than 60 data centers in the region. Those who look at more than 24 trillion security signals daily. The company started three data centers in India in 2015. After which its number is continuously increasing. Microsoft’s data centers in India are now located in Delhi/NCR, Ahmedabad, Kolkata, Mumbai, Pune, Bengaluru, Chennai. At the same time, the biggest data center of all these will start in Hyderabad.
Explained India Lead Digital
Anant Maheshwari explained the three words of India Lead Digital with three different combinations. He told how India is moving fast towards digitization.
India Leading Digital: There are 624 million internet users in the country. It has 448 million social media users. There are 150 million online consumers. India has the world’s largest digital payment system and the largest digital identity ecosystem.
Digital Leading India: There are IT industries worth $194 billion in India. 12 billion apps have been downloaded. India is the third largest country in the world for startup ecosystem. The unicorn ecosystem is growing rapidly. Became a leader in AI.
Leading Digital India: A consumer digital ecosystem of over $800 billion by 2030. By 2025, data and AI will contribute $ 500 billion to the country’s GDP. There are 5.2 million pro developers here. It is the third largest country for the developers community.
Microsoft’s 14 thousand partner companies
During the event, the company said that it has 3.40 lakh consumer organizations across the country. For this, she works with 14,000 partner companies. Microsoft has 18,000 employees in the country. At the same time, the number of cloud certified employees in the country is more than 4.46 lakh.
